CJ Mangla Ram was attacked after he exposed discrepancies in Govt schemes like MNREGA. ...
02:45 PM, May 06, 2013
CJ Suresh Kumar Sharma's first person account on victimisation after exposing dubious of a gas agency in Amritsar. ...
02:39 PM, May 06, 2013
CJ Dhanajay Dubey talks about his brother Satyendra who was murdered for raising his voice against corruption. ...
02:32 PM, May 06, 2013
This week on the Citizen Journalist show we focus on the whistleblowers who have spoken out against corruption amidst threat and intimidation. ...
02:22 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to file its response on Jagan Mohan Reddy's bail plea before the Supreme Court on Monday. The YSR Congress chief, who has spent nearly one year in jail in a disproportionate assets case, had moved the SC challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court's January 24 order refusing to grant him bail in the case. The SC had on April 29...
08:19 AM, May 06, 2013
After engaging himself as a producer under the banner of the Colour factory for quite some time, Madhu Warrier, brother of ace Malayalam actress Manju Warrier, and the brother in law of Dileep, will soon debut as a director. Madhu who started off as an actor will call the shots for his debut film titled as 'Room Service'. Produced by his own banner Color Factory, the movie is told in...
06:59 PM, May 05, 2013
Utah: A 46-year-old soccer referee who was punched by a teenage player during a game and later slipped into a coma has died, police said. Ricardo Portillo of Salt Lake City passed away at the hospital, where he was being treated following the assault last weekend, Unified police spokesman Justin Hoyal said Saturday night. Police have accused a 17-year-old player in a recreational soccer league of punching Portillo after the...
04:07 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: The government-appointed panel looking into Walmart's lobbying with American lawmakers for its entry into the Indian market is likely to meet on Monday and deliberate on information provided by the retail giant. The one-man committee, headed by former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Mukul Mudgal, during its meeting in April had sought fresh details from Walmart. Sources said the probe panel is expected to meet...
10:47 AM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: The Income Tax department has detected alleged tax evasion to the tune of Rs 7 crore in the business transactions of Purti group of companies related to former BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Probing the alleged dubious transactions of the Purti Power and Sugar Limited (PPSL) since 2012, the department has completed assessments pertaining to the last two financial years and has found evasion to the tune of more...
10:27 AM, May 05, 2013
Barcelona: Cristiano Ronaldo headed in two goals to help Real Madrid beat Valladolid 4-3 in the Spanish league on Saturday, but the entertaining win was overshadowed by growing dissatisfaction with coach Jose Mourinho for criticizing the club. Madrid's ninth straight home win in league play denied Barcelona the chance to clinch the league title this weekend. Madrid reduced Barcelona's lead to eight points, meaning the Catalan side can't seal the...
08:40 AM, May 05, 2013
World number seven Juan Martin del Potro has withdrawn from next week's Madrid Open because of a viral infection, organisers said on Friday. The heavy-hitting Argentine reached the semi-finals last year before losing to Czech Tomas Berdych. "He has a virus and will not be fit to play," a statement on the tournament's website (www.madrid-open.com) said. "We wish him a fast recovery." Belgian David Goffin, who was in the qualifying...
07:21 PM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Friday announced it will sell 5 per cent stake to Doha-based Qatar Foundation Endowment (QFE) for around Rs 6,800 crore ($1.26 billion) by issuing over 199.87 million new shares. The company said in a statement that "it has entered into a binding agreement with Qatar Foundation Endowment (QFE), under which Bharti will issue 199,870,006 of its new shares to QFE representing a shareholding...
11:10 AM, May 03, 2013
Madrid: The Spanish football league (LFP) will investigate Deportivo La Coruna's 4-0 La Liga victory at Levante on April 13, a Spanish radio station reported on Thursday. Depor, who are in administration and fighting to avoid relegation, hammered mid-table Levante scoring three times in the first half just over two weeks ago. At half-time in the game, Levante midfielder Javier Barkero was reported by local media to have accused some...
09:28 AM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Thursday reported a 31.1 per cent fall in standalone net profit at Rs 1,084.4 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2013, mainly due to higher expenses. The company's standalone net profit stood at Rs 1,574.3 crore in year-ago period. Total expenses of the company increased by 11.76 per cent at Rs 9,816.3 crore during the reported quarter from Rs 8,782.9 crore...
10:26 AM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: India said it expects to cut the subsidies on phosphate and potash-based fertilisers by about 15 per cent in the fiscal year that began in April in an effort to rein in the fiscal deficit. In the last fiscal year, the government earmarked Rs 305.76 billion to subsidise phosphate and potash-based fertilisers. Fertilisers are the third-biggest item in the government's total subsidy bill, amounting to over two per...
07:58 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: The Irish cabinet has reached an agreement which will allow limited legal abortions for the first time ever. This historic bill is part of legislative changes that were promised after Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar died after she was denied a life-saving abortion. The new bill, which will have to be passed in both houses of the Irish Parliament, will allow for limited legal termination where there is a...
05:14 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Left parties on Tuesday termed as "meaningless" the demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over the coal allocation issue but asked him to face Parliament as he "owes an answer" to the country. CPI(M) also dubbed the disruption of Parliament as "match fixing" between BJP and Congress. "Demanding resignation of the government is meaningless and it does not happen," CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury told reporters outside Parliament....
02:59 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Madrid: Deportivo La Coruna held Real Betis to a 1-1 draw in the Spanish league on Monday, extending their unbeaten away run to six matches and denting Betis' bid to qualify for Europe. Deportivo striker Ivan "Riki" Sanchez-Rico dribbled past three defenders before beating goalkeeper Adrian San Miguel to score in the sixth minute. He could have scored again three minutes later but San Miguel athletically saved his powerful shot....
10:13 AM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: A prominent hospital chain on Monday offered to provide free treatment to Sarabjit Singh, who is battling for his life in a Lahore hospital, in case India manages to bring him back to the country. Col Harinder Singh Chahal, Regional Director (North), Fortis Healthcare, told PTI that the Mohali based multi-speciality unit of Fortis Group is ready to treat Sarabjit free of cost if the Indian government would...
08:28 PM, Apr 29, 2013
